Running The Menu-Based Afu; Running The Afu From The Command Line - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

Running the Menu-based AFU

To run the menu-based AFU:
1. Shut down your operating system and reboot to DOS from a bootable DOS floppy disk or from a DOS
partition on a bootable drive. (You can use a disk drive connected to the controller you are updating.)
If your computer isn't set up to boot from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility
and change the setting.
2. Insert the firmware update disk (created using the steps above) containing AFU.exe
3. At the DOS command prompt, type
The AFU's main menu is displayed.
4. Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec RAID controller(s) to be flashed.
To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first,
restart the computer, then update the flash for the remaining controllers.
5. Select Select an Operation.
6. Choose the operation you want, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the task:
• Update flash image—Updates all the flash components on a RAID controller with the flash image
data from the UFI file.
• Save flash image—Reads the contents of a RAID controller's flash components and saves the
data to a UFI file, which you can use to restore a RAID controller's flash if required.
• Verify flash image—Reads the contents of a RAID controller's flash components and compares
it to the contents of the specified UFI file.
• Display flash information—Displays version information about a RAID controller's flash
components.
7. Complete the flash operation and restart your computer before trying to use the RAID controller
again. (You can not use your RAID controller while you are updating its flash.)
The AFU processes the selected command, prompts you to insert additional floppy disks as needed,
and reports either success or an error message code.

Running the AFU from the Command Line

Note: You can also run a menu-based AFU (see
80).
To run the AFU from the command line:
1. Shut down your operating system and reboot to DOS from a bootable DOS floppy disk or from a DOS
partition on a bootable drive. (You can use a disk connected to the controller you're updating.) If
your computer isn't set up to boot from the bootable floppy disk, enter the system setup utility to
change the setting.
2. Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe.
3. At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see
switches you want.
Note: To find a controller number, type
The AFU processes the command, prompts you to insert additional floppy disks as needed, exits,
and reports either success or an error message code.
To update a RAID controller's flash using the command line utility ARCCONF, see
Using the AFU Command Line
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with no arguments.
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